Tested By Me

STEP-1:
Windows XP can look COOL but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimise:
1.Go to Start
 2. Click Settings
 3. Click Control Panel
 4. Click System
 5. Click Advanced tab
 6. In the Performance tab click Settings
 7. Leave only the following ticked:
 - Show shadows under menus
 - Show shadows under mouse pointer
 - Show translucent selection rectangle
 - Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
 - Use visual styles on windows and buttons
  STEP-2: DISABLE PERFORMANCE COUNTERS
Windows XP has a performance monitor utility which monitors several areas of your PC’s performance. These utilities take up system resources   so disabling is a good idea.
To disable:
1. download and install the Extensible Performance Counter List
 2.Then select each counter in turn in the ‘Extensible performance counters’ window and clear the ‘performance counters enabled’ checkbox at the bottom.button below.

 STEP 3: REMOVE THE DESKTOP PICTURE
Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve performance.
1. Right click on Desktop and select Properties
 2. Select the Desktop tab
 3. In the Background window select None
 4. Click OK
 STEP 4: DEFRAGMENT YOUR PAGEFILE
Keeping your pagefile defragmented can provide a major performance boost. One of the best ways of doing this is to creat a separate partition on your hard drive just for your page file, so that it doesn’t get impacted by normal disk usage. Another way of keeping your pagefile  defragmented is to run PageDefrag. This cool little app can be used to  defrag your pagefile, and can also be set to defrag the pagefile  everytime your PC starts. To install:
Download and Run PageDefrag
 Tick “Defrag at next Reboot”,
 Click “Ok”
 Reboot
STEP 5:
 RUN BOOTVIS – IMPROVE BOOT TIMES
BootVis will significantly improve boot times
 
 1. Download and Run
 2. Select Trace
 3. Select Next Boot and Driver Trace
 4. A Trace Repetitions screen will appear, select Ok and Reboot
 5. Upon reboot, BootVis will automatically start, analyze and log your system’s boot process. When it’s done, in the menu go to Trace and select Optimize System
 6. Reboot.
 7. When your machine has rebooted wait until you see the Optimizing System box appear. Be patient and wait for the process to complete.